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Interview on 'Voices from the Edge' radio show
Published on May 14, 2012AUDIO
This article originally appeared on radio station KBOO's website.
Economic Update - May 12th 2012
Published on May 14, 2012AUDIO
Updates on NY Mayor Bloomberg's veto of bill raising minimum wage, the economics of single-payer medical insurance, and major insurance companies' withholding of death benefit payments. Major part of program devoted to responding to listeners' questions and comments on (1) property tax exemptions for rich universities, (2) how to get economic system change, (3) causes of rise of financialization in modern capitalism, and (4) how economic conditions shape people's political activity.
Economic Democracy, Not Austerity or Keynesian "Growth"
appeared in Truthout.org May 10, 2012
Recent defeats of Dutch, Greek and French governing parties show rising opposition to their austerity policies. Across Europe and North America, similar oppositions mount. Bailing out large financial and other corporations with borrowed money has been the almost universal government plan for coping with global capitalist crisis. The result - rising government deficits and debts - was followed by "austerity policies" to reduce those deficits and debts.
America's next generation - tale of 2 childhoods
Published on May 8, 2012 by RTAmerica
As 1 in 4 children in America struggle with hunger every day, there are also those who have extremely lavish lifestyles even at a young age. RT's Anastasia Churkina takes a look at the lives of the faces behind the statistics -- and what economic despair and extreme wealth of today mean for America's future.
Transcript of Glenn Beck Interview from May 2008
Below is an excerpt of an interview with Glenn Beck from May 15th, 2008. We discussed, and agreed upon, the loop holes that allow Harvard and Yale to save millions each year by not paying taxes.
Transcript from CNN.com. "Palestinians Supporting Obama; Hypocrisy with Religion and Campaigns?; Polar Bears Declared a Threatened Species" Show aired May 15th, 2008.
BECK: "I wrote a column today on CNN.com about the top five college university endowments in America.
Economic Update - Keynesian vs. Marxian Economics
Published on May 6, 2012AUDIO
Slightly different format divides today's program into two parts. Part 1 deals with how and why government take-over of private corporations need not be and often is not "socialism" and why it is often done to strengthen private capitalists. Global Capitalism - May 2012 Monthly Update (audio)
Published on May 11, 2012AUDIO
These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad. We will focus on the evolving global capitalist economic crisis and its consequences. Global Capitalism - May 2012 Monthly Update
Published on May 9, 2012VIDEO
These Tuesday evenings will each begin with an update and analysis of major economic events of the last month and their contexts of longer-term economic trends shaping politics and society here and abroad. We will focus on the evolving global capitalist economic crisis and its consequences. We will examine topics such as
'Let Fury Have the Hour'
Let Fury Have the Hour, directed, written, and produced by Antonino D’Ambrosio. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. A generation of artists used their creativity as a response to the reactionary politics that came to define our culture in the 1980s. This dynamic and exhilarating documentary brings together more than 50 big-name musicians, writers, artists, and thinkers to trace a momentous social history from the cynical heyday of Reagan and Thatcher to today—and impart a message of hope.
Radical Economist Richard Wolff Has a Prescription for the Struggling Economy
Our guest today is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Richard Wolff. He's in high demand these days as a guest on radio and television see:. He and David Barsamian have written a new book called OCCUPY THE ECONOMY: CHALLENGING CAPITALISM. And he joins us now to talk about the recession, reviving the middle class, Wall Street and yesterday's May Day protests.
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